New-York tribune., 1887-11-29
TRYING HARD TO SAVE MOST
u,rvIEss CHARACTER OF HIS SPEECH.

.,ceneral sessions before Judge Io"lhs anu P
and long suffering jury. Several witnesses So "
s"u ,,,,s sneccb was OF the most harmless and law
'n" , character and entirely devoid of anything
49,, cond be regarded as threat. Some Oh lho"'
.na not Anarchists and avowed their OcHci /"
sunrcme Being and WERE therefore, regarded as MUS
vaIuahlc witnesses for tho defence one Oh 'cii "i'
sin other respects was doing quito we'll u'u avn
uardy swear that Most said he would give 'ch SV"i'
-, ~, ute to see the man who hanged the AnarchS'S
in chicago 1t was discovered on croSS-eAai"ha''o"
Az, ,,ose who were filed with Anarchy had 1t IN an
coodtnrlv mild form and hadn't yet been lnocua'eu
with dynamite . r,,,l,st.
Fred uartw,g sallow looking youth whose Ens"Sn
was much mixed with German, was the nrs' "''"0'
called for Most He was at kramer O"' .o,
the evening of November L. lie hau o,ny rnon
I'm there 20 get a glass Of beer, out ho"I'"S ''
,t . s,,occb iu a hail back of the bafrooh nc went
- o1 hoard Most The witness was cA'eeu'sN
o,nb,,tous 10 give a version In EnEiSh ol what "l"S'
said but after he had hOundefcd Tor hVe minutes an
Iufcrprcer was sent for TO give him Il I'LL over 'io
st,ubl,ng blocks Of tho English language sun hc
r,yc an exceedingly ncohorcnt account OF Mosts
o,cb lie had heard Most say that the Anarchists
ta chicago were murdered and that one man-W' as
GOOD d, another. AZ one tmo when Most was Speah
n. man 10, up and shouted Revenge "cvcnSe "
tt N.st waved him down with handkerchief ana said
soglugly, Not yet, not yet"
sre you an Auarhi>t| asked Mr.. liummcL
aNo. / am not replied the witness.
.Whaf is an Anarchist - asked Mr.. Ncoll
Il don't know. Sir"
"Yh,n how do you know whether you arc
al Anarchist or not :"
Il am not an Anarchist, all the same" replied the
witness WITH some spirit. u may be ono some day
but an not yeti
lie had heard Most speak Of the capltallstic beast
with >harp.ucd teeth" MIR. Nicoll didn't succeed in
getting him 20 admit that Most had said anything
counsclliug a resort to violence. As he was not an
Anarchist McSSrS. Howe 4 Hummcl thought HIM
GOOD witness for their client.
ANOTHER VERSION OF MosTs SPEECH.
Crstavc Tuerpe was the next witness Ills English
was also much hamucrcd by "reminiscences of the
tongue of his tathcrand and the Interpreter had to
come to his assistance frequently. lie gave an
account Of Most, speech like ths
Ie lot Ae was sorry for dose hangings in Chicago
GO; VI. IowGerly und MI H9nry George hSG GoAe
fines y we're rcsbOusihe for IL und he siG DOT Judge
(efry RESPONSIBLE for II und dot lie court OF Illinois
was icSron-lpc !o' dose nam Ing 90 i.c'aN 80
lvt tea years OF Afe II knew dot hangmsn OF dose
Chicago AHSrch'ss
Then. in response 10 questions from Mr. llummel lie
said that had heard Most lie who says that an
achy Ia dead lies anarchy never dies. He heard him
say also The blosd OF our friends will yet lie avenged
Mt repeated tie sentence with the emphasis on
the yet" for the benefit OF the jury Mosts manner
VAS said the witness. jus as If friend OF LIS had died
a couple OF days before"
one in the audience mad called out for revenge the wit
ness replied
tie said: "No. not YET it an time to get satisfaction
o. account OF dot yet OF somediHss Ike dot
MOST WILLING TO SACRIFICE TEN YEARS.
Mr Nicoll wanted additional information about tho
reasons Most assigned :or his willingness to give up ten
years OF his life TO the man who hanged the Chicago
Anarchists.
On he lust want 10 sec dot man. dots ALI
Mr Nicoll sarcasucay)-He Just wanted TO he intro
Iae Wiiness-Yes DOTS all; sonedlngs like dot.
Tie witness said he not member of the Inerna-
tiol society nor an Anarchist; didn't know what An
arcLst meau didn't read The Frche and didn't sympa-
thze with Anarchist views.
Then Why did you so TO the Anarchist meeting ,"
asked Mr Nicon
Because want to know what dem felcrs wanted
after DO, hangman done his work in Chicago" replied
the wtnsss
ven believe that the execution Of the Socialists
justinshle and proper "
"wen, Idon't know about dot II may be broper' but
- fact dose men IS dead and don't make any dher-
ance wht thinks about dot"
DO you believe in tie sentiments that Most e1-
pressed :"
dont find ont whether they wrong or right yet.
/ don't i,uh abou: it any more"
do believe that the jury paid TO convict the
Chira-o Ana-chists"
"We. don't any bil; don't know II dose jurors
roi paid o. lot. wasn't deIe a, an
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ceis,'hD '"e "''' u VIC i'oS'0'' 10 s" ' -
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cue ZEN 70! '-et sc'''c'' "u' "' 'O'.''
tx to; loss fellows 7nsAt 10 take some moneys N"
been -e:c dIee lays ana IL """4~ oo 'e'' "4'"7 'N 0
'a'Sse ccst ief H.
SYMPATHY THAT CANE AFTER THE HAN"lN"-
yvs-o yor "a syinvathy with C Anarchists who
hanged AZ Cnicagoi'
No before dem fellows got hanged but after dey got
How can I hat any sympathy init dem t!nss what
s.,,. ., .or.fana~
-" -,.,.-,,,
"Hayc you ever heard Anarchy eAp@iHcA'
"No .lr loy don't cNula!nit al all
..,. ~ l,. i,, Oil ,,si,-ena-cc af c,,tiup social
~ 30" N0 " ~
oideri'
Afertle question had been dreI into him by tie In
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